Word for the day: Net Cafe Refugees
Net Cafe Refuges refer to those new class of working poor who live in all-night lounges and are seen as a sign of a growing rich-poor gap.
The average salary of the "refugees" was 113,000 yen (983 dollars) per month -- about equivalent to what a minimum-wage employee would earn in Tokyo if working 40 hours a week.
A five-hour stay at an Internet cafe in Tokyo costs about 3,000 yen with a meal served. Showers are available at 200 yen for 30 minutes and clean underwear is on sale.
It said some 80 percent of Japan's "net cafe refugees" are men and that 52.7 percent said they decided to live in the lounges because they lost their jobs.
Another 13.8 percent said they moved into the net cafes because of deteriorating relationships with their families, according to the survey by the health and welfare ministry.
Another 13.8 percent said they moved into the net cafes because of deteriorating relationships with their families, according to the survey by the health and welfare ministry.
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